Latest Headlines – Page 490
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NewsMedia Bites 30 March: Grocery market share, AG Barr, Tesco
Food price inflation has hit its highest level in almost a decade, suggesting that the squeeze on household incomes may be even tighter than previously thought
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NewsSpar operator 77 Retail moves to fully self-serve till area at Belfast store
Cashiers are still available if a customer requires cigarettes, lottery or PayPoint transactions
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NewsSharpham Park launches pair of spelt-based milk alternatives
The brand was founded by fashion industry veteran Roger Saul
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NewsTofoo Co partners with Flying Goose for sriracha tofu blocks
The NPD, which will hit Waitrose in April and Tesco in May, was “one of several NPD launches planned for 2022”
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NewsUK wheat exports rising after domestic production ‘rebound’
Supply is set to remain tight due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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NewsIlchester cheese rolls out value snacking selection packs at Costco
The new snacking net includes 24 portions of a trio of cheeses
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NewsMorrisons saves half a million meals from being wasted with Too Good To Go partnership
The waste prevented equates to 1,250 tonnes of CO2 emissions, or the equivalent to that emitted from 246 flights around the world
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NewsUnilever aims to shake up deodorant category with new-tech launches
The overhaul includes Sure Nonstop Protection – the brand’s ‘biggest upgrade in antiperspirant technology in 30 years’
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NewsVivera launches plant-based salmon fillet alternative into Tesco
The plant-based fillets have added omega-3 fatty acids to improve the nutritional value of the product
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NewsBP teams up with Uber Eats in global retail partnership
BP said the partnership would support the soaring demand for food, groceries and everyday essentials brought to shoppers’ doors
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NewsWH Smith partners with Deliveroo for fast delivery of stationery, books and greeting cards
Some 600 WH Smith and branded products are available on the courier platform
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NewsFox’s and Burton’s Biscuits unite to become one business
It will be led by Simon Browne, who was previously MD of Burton’s Biscuits
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NewsTom Kerridge poised to challenge Pukka and Higgidy with retail pie range
The chef, owner of the double Michelin-starred Hand & Flowers pub in Marlow, has applied to register the names ‘Humble Pie’ and ‘The Humble Pie by Tom Kerridge’ with the Intellectual Property Office
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NewsCity snapshot: Grocery sales fall back amid soaring inflation
Take home grocery sales have slumped by 6.3% in the 12 weeks to 20 March as inflation hit its highest level for a decade, according to the latest market share data from Kantar. Plus AG Barr bounces back to top pre-pandemic results and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 29 March: Asda, Heineken/Carlsberg, Cadbury
Profits at Asda doubled last year as the supermarket chain announced that it would be launching a new value range of groceries with a similar name to Waitrose’s cut-price line
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NewsCarlsberg to sell Russia’s biggest brewer Baltika
Danish brewing giant Carlsberg is to dispose of its Russian arm, where it is currently the market leading brewer in the country
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NewsAsda like-for-likes down 2.9% in quarter four of 2021 against tough comparatives
The supermarket is also launching a new value range called Just Essentials, as first revealed by The Grocer
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NewsKP Snacks adds Flavour Kravers peanut range to target evening snackers
As younger consumers were ‘significantly influenced by flavours when making purchasing decisions’, the snacks would ‘drive sales in this demographic’ said KP Snacks
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NewsPackaging tax: industry groups welcome watered down plans
“We welcome the UK government’s flexibility,” said FDF CEO Karen Betts
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NewsStruggling farmers can expect extra £760m fertiliser bill due to Ukraine crisis
It follows reports to The Grocer that some farmers are selling off their fertiliser stores due to the rising cost to cover more immediate bills